Actually, "too early to tell" and "I'd wait a year until it is clearer what the Library of Congress will do about implementing RDA before ponying up my first $325."
You _should_ become aware of the main differences that RDA poses. You can do that by looking at some of the documents at http://www.rda-jsc.org/rda.html. If you have a lot of time on your hands, you can look at the July 2008 draft of RDA and the responses. Since the national libraries will not be comparing their responses to the testing period until early next year, you have some time. While you can implement RDA when it is published in June 2010, I cannot imagine LC implementing it until late spring of 2011. In the meantime, others will be developing training materials that may be helpful if not definitive. -- Laurence S. Creider Special Collections Librarian New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM 88003 Work: 575-646-7227 Fax: 575-646-7477 lcrei...@lib.nmsu.edu On Mon, February 8, 2010 7:27 am, Miksa, Shawne wrote: > Yes. Yes. > > ************************************************************** > Shawne D. Miksa, Ph.D. > Associate Professor > Department of Library and Information Sciences > College of Information > University of North Texas > email: shawne.mi...@unt.edu<mailto:shawne.mi...@unt.edu> > http://courses.unt.edu/smiksa/index.htm > office 940-565-3560 fax 940-565-3101 > ************************************************************** > ________________________________ > From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access > [rd...@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of Jo Hudson [hudso...@oplin.org] > Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 6:38 AM > To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA > Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Introduction > > Can you please answer a question for me? Is RDA going to replace AACR2 > in cataloging and is changing to RDA from AACR2 something every library > cataloger needs to be aware or ready to implement in our library? Thank > you. > > [cid:image001.jpg@01CAA891.BA4181E0] > > From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access > [mailto:rd...@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of Troy Linker > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 11:01 AM > To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA > Subject: [RDA-L] Introduction > > > I would like to introduce myself to the cataloging community as Publisher > for the newly created Digital Reference unit at ALA Publishing. The > Digital Reference unit is responsible for ALA's co-publisher role in RDA > (Resource Description and Access) the digital replacement for AACR2. > Some of you may know me from my 12 years experience at ALA Publishing, > working on RDA and AACR2 in addition to many other publishing projects. My > role with RDA has expanded, from the production and software development > responsibility that I have held from the beginning, to include > coordinating the full breadth of ALA Publishings responsibilities for > RDA. > > As we approach the launch of the RDA Toolkit, the website that will house > RDA in addition to other helpful cataloging resources and tools, we want > to increase the direct communication between the co-publishers of RDA and > the cataloging community. I am committed to actively reading and, when > helpful, posting responses to questions and concerns raised by catalogers > in a variety of venues (like this one) regarding the RDA and the RDA > Toolkit. > > We will soon post registration information for an upcoming RDA Toolkit > Webinar offering a repeat of the guided tour of the RDA Toolkit beta site > given at ALAs Midwinter Meeting. In addition to the Webinar, the co- > publishers are drafting an RDA Toolkit FAQ that will address many of the > recent questions asked by attendees at Midwinter, posted to lists, or sent > to rdatool...@ala.org. We will post the FAQ URL as soon as it is > active. > > To receive RDA Toolkit announcements and news directly from the co- > publishers, please email us at > rdatool...@ala.org<mailto:rdatool...@ala.org> so we can add you to our > RDA Toolkit mailing list. These announcements will come out frequently > over the next few months as we approach the June 2010 launch of the RDA > Toolkit. > Kind regards, > > Troy Linker > Publisher, ALA Digital Reference > American Library Association > (312) 280-5101 > >
